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Press Release: ARNO Welcomes the Statement of Bangladesh Foreign Minister
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) welcomes Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni’s Statement at Bali Process strongly refuting Burmese Deputy Minister's stand on the origin of the Rohingyas. She stressed the need for a multilateral approach by the region to solve the Rohingya problem.
Press Release: Burmese military regime lied at the ASEAN Summit
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
Press Release
(1st March 2009)
We condemn the SPDC and its Foreign Minister Nyan Win for calling the Rohingya boatpeople ‘Bengalis’ at the ASEAN Summit in Thailand. This is a crafty tactic to hoodwink the ASEAN leaders and the international community to continue denying the ethic rights of the Rohingya.
Press Relaese: ROHINGYAS CONCERN
(28th February 2009) We express our serious concern that Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed on February 27, 2009 in Hua Htin, Thailand to send hundreds of Rohingya boatpeople back to Burma. We have not expected such a verdict from the 10-member regional...
Press Release: NCGUB pushing the Rohingya from the frying-pan into the fire
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
13th February 2009
It is unfortunate that SPDC‘s onslaughts against the Rohingya people have always been reinforced by Rakhine communal leaders and academicians. Some of such fanatics had stated in their recent radio and media interviews, “Rohingyas are not among the ethnic groups in Burma…How they could claim that they came from Burma when in fact they come from Bangladesh…” Among them are Dr. Aye Kyaw, Dr. Aye Chan, U Aye Tha Aung, Secretary General of the Committee Representing People’s Parliament (CRPP), who is also Secretary General of the Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) and U Khaing Lunn, Acting President of the ALD, who are popularly known as xenophobes for their extreme hatred towards Rohingya and for harping on the SPDC’s tune of Rohingya extermination.
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Rohingyas are in a geopolitical crossroad: Global Powers and Competing Interests
- Rohingya Resilience in Exile: Rebuilding Lives in Refugee Camps
- Containing Arakan Army: A Security Imperative for Myanmar and Bangladesh
- Ending Digital Violence against Women and Girls
- Myanmar’s Election: Conflict, Exclusion, and a Crisis of Legitimacy
- Rohingya Families in Maungdaw Prepare to Flee Amid Forced Conscription Fears
- Arakan Army Orders Rohingya to Surrender Household Registration Lists
- Fire Tears Through Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Injuring Three Children and Destroying Dozens of Shelters
- Rohingya Men and Women Forced to Join Armed Group in Maungdaw
- ARNO Welcomes UN Third Committee Resolution on Rohingya Rights, Demands Accountability for Armed-Group Abuses
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Conflict unsettled in Myanmar
Burma Times
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Sept. 20 (Burma Times) — More than 3,500 people remain displaced from their homes six months after a major outbreak of sectarian violence in Myanmar, a U.N. organization said.
The Myanmar government declared a state of emergency March 22 following clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in Meiktila. At least 32 people died in the violence and another 39 were injured.
Rioters later set fire to dozens of homes and religious buildings in Yamethin, about 30 miles from Meiktila. The U.N. Human Rights Council responded to the incident by saying religious violence in the country was “troublesome.”Rohingya face “Sudden-Death” Due to Lack of Due Medication
(Burma Times) Jeddah- Rohingya—the most persecuted victims on the earth surface, the most distressed people and the least wanted ethnic minority— are impoverished in their native land where they have been growing up generations to generations since immemorial decades.
Since 1784, the master chains of strategies of Burmese chauvinists have been implemented perpetually and confidentially. The major deadly catastrophes that Rohingya encounters are 1784, 1942, 1977-78, 1990-91, 2012-13.
All the infrastructures in Rakhine state were absolutely postponed by the central government since 1942 and it was stated by the higher authorities that the infrastructures would be postponed there until the final eradication of Rohingya from the Rakhine state soil.Analysis: Massive education gaps confront displaced children in Rakhine
“I like learning, and I missed my friends,” the nine-year-old said. “I wasn’t able to attend at all last year.”
Phay is one of hundreds of primary school-aged children now receiving emergency education at the Thea Chaung internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp, home to more than 10,000 Muslim Rohingyas, outside Sittwe, the provincial capital of Myanmar’s western Rakhine State.
The community-led initiative – providing two-and-a-half hours of Burmese and mathematics a day- highlights the unmet needs of thousands of IDP children unable to attend regular school more than a year after sectarian clashes between Rohingyas and Buddhist ethnic Rakhine residents in 2012.
Youth Interrupted: Myanmar’s Underage, Illiterate Workers
by Patrick Winn
Little King can’t read or write. Little King can’t tell you the name of his country’s president.
But he’s sturdy enough to balance heavy, spine-bending bundles of cargo atop his skull. Strong enough to tug dinghies loaded with bananas across the Yangon River’s mucky banks at low tide.
Down by the docks, where men work like mules, Little King can earn $3 per day. He is a breadwinner, the primary supporter of a woman he adores and her two children.
But that woman is his mother. Those children are his sisters. Little King is just a kid.Australia to deport over 100 Rohingya asylum-seekers
Australia is set to deport over 100 Rohingya asylum-seekers to detention centres in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Nauru in the coming weeks, in spite of accusations that the move would breach international human rights law.
It follows a decision by the former government in July to redirect all asylum-seekers to its poorer Pacific neighbours in an effort to stem the influx of boat people to Australia – which the newly elected Conservative prime minister has vowed to uphold.Malala receives human rights award
By Independent.ie
A teenager who was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan after campaigning for women’s rights will follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s greatest campaigners when she is honoured today by Amnesty International.
Malala Yousafzai, an advocate for equal access to education, will be named Ambassador of Conscience at a ceremony in Dublin, joining the likes of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela.
“I am truly honoured to receive this award and would like to take the opportunity to remind everyone that there are many millions of children like me across the world who fight every single day for their right to go to school,” the teenager said.Monks Urge Burmese Govt to Apologize as Saffron Revolution Turns 6
RANGOON — Buddhist monks urged the Burmese government to apologize for its actions six years ago as they commemorated the Saffron Revolution on Wednesday in Rangoon, where street protests in September 2007 were led by the revered religious leaders and brutally crushed by the ruling military junta.
“For the sake of the citizens of the country, we are thinking of lifting the boycott on offerings and [performance of] Buddhist rituals for government officials. For this, the government must officially apologize for what they did,” said U Pyinnya Tayza, a Saffron Revolution participant, in a statement at a ceremony marking the pro-democracy protests.Marines, British Commandos conduct Exercise Burmese Chase 2013
Story by Lance Cpl. Cody Haas
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Dozens of Marines from 1st and 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company joined forces with British Army Commandos from 148th Battery, 29th Commando Fire Support Team, Royal Artillery, during this year’s Exercise Burmese Chase, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 3, 2013.Burmese Chase, a bilateral exercise between American and British forces, is conducted annually to hone the skills of forward observers through many joint training operations. The three week evolution improves interoperability by conducting close air support, live-fire drills and small unit training with the two nations.
Petition Demands UK Prioritize Issue of sexual violence in Burma Military
Saw Blacktown
British MP, Valerie Vaz delivered more than 2,000 letters from supporters of Burma Campaign UK on 12 September to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, calling for action to end sexual violence against women in Burma.
Burma Campaign UK called on the British government to highlight Burma when Foreign Secretary William Hague travels to New York for a major meeting at the UN to discuss sexual violence in conflict on 24 September.
The group was deeply concerned about on-going human rights abuses, including rape and sexual violence against women in ethnic minority areas, where it claims the Burma Army has been using rape as a weapon of war for decades.Reports
The ICC: Protection for the Rohingya?
Posted on January 6, 2013 by iclrmp
Written by: Regina Paulose
In November 2012, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC released its Report on Preliminary Examination Activities 2012, which examines situations in various countries for acts which could potentially amount to crimes against humanity and/or war crimes. Some of the countries mentioned in this report are North Korea, Columbia, and Afghanistan.[1] While one could question some of the cases the OTP is currently investigating,[2] this author takes the position that there are other atrocious human rights situations which need the immediate attention of the ICC. In particular, the OTP should begin to make efforts to investigate and address the continued persecution and abuse of the Rohingya population in Burma.[3]
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